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"Larry's a river drifter," the girl explained, "and Daddy's one of those set old fellows who hate the river. But Mamma knew it was all right. Larry's saved $7,000 in three years. He'd never tell me that till I married him, but I knew. We're going clear down to N'Orleans. Are you?" "Probably." "And all alone aren't you afraid?"
Instantly both Maria and I began to tell of Larry's defection in different keys, the young man meanwhile keeping up a deferential and most astonishing bowing and smiling.
Miss Frederica was as good a Christian in some ways probably a better one as might have been found in the white chapel, but it was impossible for her not to feel, what was, indeed, felt, with a singular mixture of satisfaction and disapproval, by the majority of the white chapel's congregation, that Larry's parents had, socially, been ill-advised when they "made a Roman of him."
Lord Colambre interrupted this denunciation by touching Larry's shoulder, and asking some question, which, as Larry did not distinctly comprehend, he pulled up the reins, and the various noises of the vehicle stopped suddenly. "I did not hear well, plase your honour."
"But I don't see how they can be, for Larry's boat is here" he had dashed up again to the camp "and Mr. Hersey's, that's the one they would take" surveying the collection of rowboats and dories drawn up on the beach "and Webb's father's and Porter Knapp's."
Larry thought rapidly before he spoke again. "Only the last trip I was hearin' the chief say: 'Dan, says he, 'it's not long now you'll be swingin' the shovel. I'll be makin' you water-tender soon." Mary leaned nearer, and caught both of Larry's hands in hers. "Them's grand words you're sayin'; they fair makes my heart jump." She paused; the gladness faded quickly from her look.
"Not a handsome boy, exactly," people said, "but," and here people would smile relentingly, "if he had been a girl, one would certainly quite have said 'pretty' so attractive-looking, and so so clean!" which might seem to be the condemnation of faint praise, but was, in reality, merely the tribute that Larry's new-minted goldenness of aspect startled from the beholder.
And he got up and walked round so as to stand over the side of Larry's chair. "Didn't I tell you, then, I wouldn't be bothered with your business? If you must come up here jawing and talking, can't you have it out with Thady there?" "Well, Thady, what do you say?
They were considered as much private property as if already burning on the hearth. "I'm going up the hill to feed the cow, Connor," said his father, after a great deal of wood of every size and shape had been landed. "Mind what you are about, and take care of Larry's gim of a boat. It was mighty neighborly to lind it for the whole day. See now, how much drift you can pick up by yourself."
"That is God's truth," said Raeder. "Take a vote of the college men to-day, of the big business men, of the big newspaper men these control the thinking and the acting of America and you will find, ninety per cent. of these pro-Ally. Just be patient and give the rest of us time. Americans will not stand for the bully," added Raeder, putting his hand on Larry's shoulder. "You hear me, my boy.
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